Posts by whathappened

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My Story - a (kinda) newbie from the UK

by wizzstick in

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after lurking for 7 and half years (is that a record?!

) its time for me to say hello.. so who am i, and whats my story?.

im a born in jw, with all my siblings, mother, wife and children in.

Unbelievable Experience in Yearbook

by gingerbread in

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a number of years back i heard a story of a young girl in a congregation ( i have some good friends in this hall ) who had an amazing field service experience.

it was so amazing that it was retold in the 2007 yearbook!.

it is retold in the highlight of the past year section.

I heard that story at the district assembly. It did seem rather far fetched at the time but I believed it. I wondered how come I couldn't have a wonderful experience like that. It made me feel inadequate, of course. Try harder, try harder, that is the purpose of telling that story from the platform.

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So apparently I'm now a Secular Humanist

by Oubliette in

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i was doing some research on the subject of beliefs and belief systems when i came across an on-line survey/test that supposedly helps you determine which religion or philosophy is most like your current beliefs.

if you're curious, you can take the quiz here: belief system selector quizafter answering the 20 questions the results were spit out!

tada!!!.

whathappened

I am a secular humanist also. Jehovah's Witnesses 0%, that shows how far I have come.

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Can't be myself

by StephaneLaliberte in

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[endif]i had a diner with the neighbors... they don't know i'm a jw cause i don't tell people anymore about it.

somehow, the topic of cults came up and one of my neighbors said that the jw require 10% of their income to go to the church.

whathappened

You joined this forum in 2007??? Now that is a SLOW FADE!!!

Best to you and your family. Everything will work out in the end.

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Book study 2013-2014

by pixel in

from the upcoming august km:.

beginning the week of october 28, 2013, the brochure who are doing jehovahs will today?

will be considered at the congregation bible study.

whathappened

Both of those publications are old light, right? Why study old light?

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i would love to debate

by new hope and happiness in

i would love to be able to debate some of the issues on this site.. this is the first site i have debated on.. i would like to debate with credibility.. i think i debate on only what i feel secure about, and that is a good start.

.

but on this thread i would appreciate some tips on how to constrctively debate on a thread..

whathappened

My advice is never get personal or nasty and insulting. Some posters on here have taken a lot of heat and some have been kicked out as a result of personal insults and profanity. When someone is losing a debate, they switch from stating the facts and start personally attacking their opponent. That's the sign they have lost and the debate is over.

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God will forgive me....apparently

by punkofnice in

i left the jws and went to a baptist church which was far better than anything i'd known before having been born into the dangerous cult of the watchtower corporation.. having travelled a path of spirituallity i have concluded that there is no god evident to me.

evolution?

i have no idea...i just live my life knowing that when i die there is nothing after it.

whathappened

25 years ago I was married to an Elder who was severely depressed and our marriage was awful. When we got married we thought Armageddon was coming in 1975. We would then be perfect so what difference did it make if we weren't "perfect" for each other. I prayed and cried, prayed and cried. No answer from Jehovah as to how to make my marriage bearable. It never dawned on me that the reason he didn't answer my prayers (which were in accordance with his will) was because he didn't exist.

Now I see how if he is up there and he lets these horrible tornados hit, these earthquakes come, these atrocities happen that he is a lousy heavenly father. I do not believe he is there. If man were made in God's image, and our human fathers would do anything to protect his children from danger and disaster, why wont God do it?

The vindication of God's name is a worthless concept. What father would put his children in such jeopardy for the sole purpose of teaching them a lesson and vindicating his right to be the supreme one?

I am an atheist now and know I understand how come I used to think that God worked in mysterious way. His ways are mysterious because he isn't really there. End of mystery.

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payback? bitterly upset....

by losingit in

i don't even know where to start.. more than anything, i'd like to say that i am not a woman of vengeance.

i am very much a forgiving person.

if you say "i'm sorry," and you're genuine, i can move on from it quickly and easily.

whathappened

We have all been there, dear sister. We are all working through it. Everyone here is at different stages of recovery. Some are like you, hot mad and others don't give a you know what anymore and have totally moved on. If you do something too far, you will just reinforce their beliefs that those who leave the organisation are mentally diseased.

I encourage you not to do anything you may regret in the future. No revenge right now. Your best revenge is moving on and finding a happy life for yourself. Also, your children must be protected from this dangerous cult. If they get baptised they will have to shun you and the cycle will not be broken. As a mother you must protect your children from the Watchtower Societies lies. If they become victims of child molesters inside the organisation you may never be able to forgive yourself. Protect your children like a momma bear.

We love you, we care and we are happy to have you here.

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